# S.C. Code Ann. § 55-15-10: SECTION 55-15-10. Definitions

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_SC_T55_C15_S55-15-10

## Section

- **Citation:** S.C. Code Ann. § 55-15-10
- **Heading:** SECTION 55-15-10. Definitions
- **Jurisdiction:** South Carolina
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** SC Code / Title 55 / Chapter 15 / Section 55-15-10

## Text

As used in this chapter: (a) The term "person" means (1) any individual, partnership, corporation or association which is the owner of a business; (2) any owner, part owner, tenant, or sharecropper who operates a farm; (3) an individual who is the head of a family; or (4) an individual not a member of a family. (b) The term "family" means two or more individuals living together in the same dwelling unit who are related to each other by blood, marriage, adoption, or legal guardianship. (c) The term "displaced person" means any person who moves from real property as a result of the acquisition or reasonable expectation of acquisition of such real property, which may have been or is subsequently acquired, in whole or in part, for an airport, or as the result of the acquisition for an airport of other real property on which such person conducts a business or farm operation. (d) The term "business" means any lawful activity conducted primarily (1) for the purchase and resale, manufacture, processing, or marketing of products, commodities or any other personal property; (2) for the sale of services to the public; or (3) by a nonprofit organization. (e) The term "farm operation" means any activity conducted solely or primarily for the production of one or more agricultural products or commodities for sale and home use, and customarily producing such products or commodities in sufficient quantity to be capable of contributing materially to the operator's support. (f) The term "public authority" means the Division of Aeronautics of the State Fiscal Accountability Authority, a municipality, a county or other political subdivision of this State, separately or jointly, authorized to acquire land, air rights, safety markers, and lights as provided in Chapter 9, Title 55. Effect of Amendment The 1993 amendment, in paragraph (f), substituted "Division of Aeronautics of the Department of Commerce" for "South Carolina Aeronautics Commission". The 2012 amendment substituted "Budget and Control Board" for "Department of Commerce" in subsection (f); and made other nonsubstantive changes.

## Nearby sections

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